Thunder Basin is on a nine-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Laramie is on a eight-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Thunder Basin Bolts will welcome the Laramie Plainsmen at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Thunder Basin is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Wyoming's top teams: Green River, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (Thunder Basin was ranked fourth). Thunder Basin skirted past Green River 3-2.
Thunder Basin wouldn't go down easily and took Green River into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-21, 25-21, 23-25, 15-11.
Reece Mcgrath went supernova for Thunder Basin, getting 24 digs. Mcgrath is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last seven games she's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Laramie got the win against South on Wednesday by a conclusive 3-0.
The final score came out to 25-17, 25-11, 25-14.
Thunder Basin's victory bumped their record up to 16-3. As for Laramie, their win bumped their record up to 23-1.
Thunder Basin came up short against Laramie when the teams last played back in September, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Laramie's Sia Taufa, who had 23 digs. Now that Thunder Basin knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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